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Today (21 october 2016) is the birth anniversary of one of Hindi cinema’s most popular leading men, Shammi Kapoor. And, as is our practice on this blog, we remember , and pay tribute, to him today.Read more on this topic…

“Ujaala” (1959) was an Eagle Films Production. It was produced by F C Mehra and directed by Naresh Saigal. The movie had Shammi Kapoor, Mala Sinha, Raj Kumar, Kumkum, Leela Chitnis, Dhumal etc in it.Read more on this topic…

When I was a pre teen kid during late 1960s and early 1970s, I once read a funny poem in the Hindi magazine “Parag”. It wentDeewaaron pe lagi huyi thhi filmy posteron ki qataar
“Hum Hindustani”, “Badtameez”, Aawaara”, “Junglee”, “Jaanwar” aur “Ganwaar” ! 🙂Read more on this topic…

Among all the regulars of this blog who discuss songs from Hindi movies, I may be the one who has seen the least number of movies, especially during one’s best movie watching days (viz during 8-12 years of age) :).Read more on this topic…

Shammi Kapoor found his true calling in “Tumsa Nahin Dekha” (1957). The formula and pattern of his future Shammi Kapoor movies were more or less defined in this movie itself. But some more things were yet to be finalised.Read more on this topic…

This article is written by Raja, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor of articles to this blog.

There are some songs that are close to my heart because of some association I have with them from my schooldays. Whenever I listen to them even today, memories of those days get triggered.Read more on this topic…

I am always sour at the double standards of Indians. The revere “cow” but treat its cousin “bhains” (water buffalo) with ridicule. Many of the pejorative sayings in India are associated with bhains ( viz Kala akshar bhains baraabar, bhains ke aage been bajaana etc.)Read more on this topic…

The movie is “Jaane Anjaane”( 1971). This movie was more “anjaane “(unknown) than “jaane”(known) even in those days, not to speak of today as this movie had flopped at the box`office. The movie had an over the hill Shammi Kapoor and a young Leena Chandavarkar in the lead roles.Read more on this topic…